From the BBC Tech-Ops history site, devoted to lore and information about TV through the history of the BBC from the perspective of the studio techs, a post with information and a recreation of the very first pre-television moving picture broadcast, on the Baird Televisor. The rest of the site is just as interesting.

At some point, people will simply stop listening to ideological bluster, and talk about the real reasons for problems with the auto industry, as opposed to what the GOP wishes were the problems. Illustrated with a graph. Via Reddit. (Update: Via Salon.com, part ‘Two:’ of this conservative blog post is what I want to see more of. Analysis and educated decision making, not bloviating.)

First they found one in Russia, now one from England. Seems schoolchildren have been doodling while bored in class for centuries. Scary to think that some random note or notebook sketch may turn up as an amusement in the year 3000. Via Reddit.